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Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)

Achievements in Addressing the Concluding Comments: Highlights of the 7 th and 8 th Philippine CEDAW Report. Philippine Commission on Women (PCW). Status of the Convention in the National Legal system (Article 1- Definition of Discrimination and Article 2 -Policy Measures).

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Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)

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  1. Achievements in Addressing the Concluding Comments: Highlights of the 7th and 8th Philippine CEDAW Report Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)

  2. Status of the Convention in the National Legal system (Article 1- Definition of Discrimination and Article 2 -Policy Measures) • Passage of the Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710) • landmark law for women • national policy translation of CEDAW • provided a definition of discrimination in line with Article 1 of the Convention • PCW and PILIPINA coordinated various educational fora and coordinated a Study and Action Core Group (SACG) to encourage public support for the passage of the MCW (UN-JP)

  3. Lack of Legal Progress in Revising Discriminatory Provisions in National Legislation (Article 2- Policy Measures) • Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda 1. Reproductive Health Bill 2. Amendment to RA 8353 or the Anti-Rape Law of 1997 3. Amendment to RA 7877 or the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law of 1995 • 4. Amendment and repeal of certain provisions of the Revised Penal Code • 4.1 Anti-Prostitution Bill to amend Article 202 on Vagrancy and Prostitutes • 4.2 Marital Infidelity Bill to amend Articles 333 and 334 –Adultery and Concubinage • 4.3 Article 351 on Pre-mature Marriages

  4. Lack of Legal Progress in Revising Discriminatory Provisions in National Legislation (Article 2- Policy Measures) • Women’s Priority Legislative Agenda 5. Amendment and repeal of certain provisions of the New Family Code 6. Domestic Workers’ Rights or the Kasambahay Bill 7. Magna Carta of Workers in the Informal Economy • 8. Local Sectoral Representation Bill 9. Strengthening the Code of Muslim Personal Law, amending early and arranged marriages

  5. National machinery’s lack of institutional authority, resources and capacity to effectively promote implementation of the Convention (Article 3 – Development and Advancement of Women) • Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710) - expanded the mandate of the national women’s machinery from being a policy advisory body, to becoming the primary policy-making, coordinating, over-all monitoring and oversight body on women and gender equality concerns

  6. National machinery’s lack of institutional authority, resources and capacity to effectively promote implementation of the Convention (Article 3 – Development and Advancement of Women) - renamed the National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women to Philippine Commission on Women - may influence the systems, processes, and procedures of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government to promote GAD - may now direct any government agency and instrumentality to report on the implementation of their responsibilities under the MCW - provides penalties and sanctions for those who fail to comply with and implement the law, including non-compliance to the GAD budget policy.

  7. Persistence of patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes (Article 2 – Policy Measures and Article 5 – Sex Role Stereotyping and Prejudice) • Creation of media and Gender Equality Committee (with PCCO) • Advocacy with media, government and academe • PIA with PCW conducted round table sessions with media practitioners • Basic gender sensitivity training for members of media organizations • Tourism Promotions Board directed advertising agencies to produce marketing campaigns and promotional product that are gender sensitive • TinigngKababaihan radio program • Advertisements • Educational and religious campaigns

  8. Persistence of patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes (Article 2 – Policy Measures and Article 5 – Sex Role Stereotyping and Prejudice) • Books • Handbook of Khutba on Gender and Reproductive Campaigns • CEDAW Benchbook • A Gender Review of Selected Economic Laws in the Philippines Using CEDAW • Optical Media Board strengthened advocacy to fight women and child pornography • Awards • Quezon City GAD Award for the Most Gender-Sensitive Film+ • CEDAW Watch • CEDAW Youth *A Handbook of Khutba on Gender and Reproductive Health (December, 2008)

  9. Persistence of patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes (Article 2 – Policy Measures and Article 5 – Sex Role Stereotyping and Prejudice) • Education • GAD Sensitive Teaching Exemplars and Peace Education Modules • Assocation of Schools of Public Adminstration in the Philippines, Inc (ASPAP) and UP College of Law Faculty Development Foundation, Inc. developed training modules and model syllabi (UN-JP)

  10. Low level of participation of women in elected and public bodies (Article 7: Political and Public Life) • 8,123 women candidates (16%) • 3,049 women candidates won (18%)

  11. Low level of participation of women in elected and public bodies (Article 7: Political and Public Life) • Women in the Legislature • 13% (3 seats) in the Upper House • 22% (63 seats) in the House of Representatives • 50 representative legislative districts • 13 party list representatives • Gabriela Women’s Party has succeeded in obtaining 2 sectoral seats. They have won since 2004. • Women in the Local Government (2010) • 19% of provincial governors • 16% of mayors • Women in the bureaucracy (2010) • 6 Women cabinet members • 58.7% technical positions in the government • 41.3% career executive positions

  12. Low level of participation of women in elected and public bodies (Article 7: Political and Public Life) • Women in the security sector (2010) • 3,348 enlisted women and female officers in the AFP • 794 active female officers • 5 women generals from Nurse Corps • 1 general in PNP • Women in the justice system • 55% of new lawyers • 33.6% first and second level courts • 3 Women members of the Supreme Court

  13. Low level of participation of women in elected and public bodies (Article 7: Political and Public Life) • Magna Carta of Women Sec. 11 • 50 % women in 3rd level positions • 40% in local special bodies • Women in decision-making bodies - Climate Change Commission - NDDRM Council - Government Peace Negotiating Panel • DENR Memorandum Order No. 1996-15 on Women in the Organization of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB)

  14. High unemployment rate, gender wage gap And overrepresentation of women in the informal economy (Article 11: Employment and Article 13: Economic and Social Benefits) Enhancing the Situation of Women in the Informal Economy • Policies - Magna Carta of Women Secs. 22 (Rights to Decent Work), 23 (Right to Livelihood, Credit, Capital, and Technology) and 27 (Social Protection) - Magna Carta for MSMEs (RA 9501) - Credit Information System Act (RA 9510) - Socialized and Low Cost Housing Loan Restructuring and Condonation (RA 9507)

  15. High unemployment rate, gender wage gap And overrepresentation of women in the informal economy (Article 11: Employment and Article 13: Economic and Social Benefits) Enhancing the Situation of Women in the Informal Economy Social Protection Programs and Services • Conditional Cash Transfer (4Ps) • Mothers considered as primary grantees • KALAHI-CIDS:KKB Project • Women as volunteers, workers and beneficiaries of sub-projects • Women to self-manage a sustainable community-based micro-credit organization for entrepreneurial development • DOLE’s Worktrepreneurs • Women workers as beneficiaries • Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K)

  16. High unemployment rate, gender wage gap And overrepresentation of women in the informal economy (Article 11: Employment and Article 13: Economic and Social Benefits) Enhancing the Situation of Women in the Informal Economy • GREAT Women Project - 70 sustainable Livelihood technologies integrated with gender perspective - Social protection – PhilHealth Insurance coverage provided - MSME development promoted in (8) Provinces - Common Service Facilities (CSF) established

  17. Lack of access to basic services of rural, indigenous and Muslim women (Article 14 :Rural Women) • Policies • Magna Carta of Women Secs. 20 (Food Security and Productive Resources), • 28 (Recognition and Preservation of Cultural Identity) and 29 (Peace and Development) - Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reform (CARPER Law) (RA9700) • DAR Administrative Order on Guidelines Governing Gender Equality in the Implementation of Agrarian Laws • - ARMM GAD Code **Technical Working Group of Regional Sub-Committee on Gender and Development (RSCGAD) meeting in Cotabato City to draft the ARMM GAD Code

  18. Lack of access to basic services of rural, indigenous and Muslim women (Article 14 :Rural Women) National and local mechanisms • Inter-Agency Committee on Rural Women created • Formulation of a gender responsive rural women development plan and agenda - Search for Most Outstanding Rural Women • Rural Women and Climate Change Congress organized • National Agricultural and Fishery Councils at the provincial and municipal levels created - 8 Regional Agricultural and Fishery Councils - 29 Provincial AFCs with organized Women’s Committees

  19. Lack of access to basic services of rural, indigenous and Muslim women (Article 14 :Rural Women) • Project ACCESS (Accelerating Capacities on Credit Extension Services to Agri-Agra Households) - Capacity building programs to strengthen the capability of cooperatives and other organizations that provide credit to sustain access to financing of small farmers and fisherfolk. • Institutionalized Sustainable Agribusiness and Rural Enterprise Development (DAR) - Capacity building activities in management of enterprises by agrarian reform beneficiaries

  20. Remaining challenges I. Amend discriminatory laws • Repeal discriminatory provisions on adultery, concubinage, vagrancy and prostitution • Amend the anti-rape law; anti-trafficking law; and anti- sexual harassment law • Amend the Code of Muslim Personal Code II. Sex-role stereotyping • Depict positive portrayal of women • Control pornography/other violations of women’s rights • Media literacy in basic education • Integrate GAD and VAW core messages in textbooks, education materials and curriculums

  21. Remaining challenges III. Health • Promote and ensure a universal birth registration, especially of IP and Muslim children and other children • Passage of a national law to address the reproductive health/responsible parenthood • Strengthen programs to address women’s health in order to reduce maternal mortality ratio and meet MDG 5 IV.Political participation • Achieve parity between males and females in political representation • Strengthen performance of women to compete for higher positions • Need for women to be consulted on peace mechanisms, and for disaster risk management and mitigation

  22. Remaining challenges V. Economic Mobility and Employment • A gender gap in the labor force participation rate between females and males remains despite their higher education levels of women • Need to enhance opportunities for local employment within a decent work framework • Need to continuously analyze and address the dire effects of globalization on household level incomes, women's work and job opportunities and to enhance its favorable effects • Periodic collection of data on unpaid work • Scale up women-led enterprises • Synergize inter-agency government efforts to provide more sustainable economic opportunities for women

  23. Remaining challenges V. Economic Mobility and Employment • Expand and increase access of Indigenous People specifically women to microfinance, credit and financial assistance • Participation and representation by women in the FARMCs • Reduce wage gap between male and female VI. Social Protection • Social protection for women in the informal sector, for the elderly and retired VII. Information Dissemination • Inform claim holders of their rights and the duty bearers of their respective responsibilities under the MCW

  24. Remaining challenges VIII. Monitoring and Implementation of CEDAW and MCW • Compliance with the GAD budget policy and submission of GAD plans remains low • Lack of analysis on the sex-disaggregated data •  Sustain and monitor the results/impacts of programs

  25. THANK YOU!!!

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